PURPOSE To investigate the publication rates of scientific presentations in Turkish radiology congresses. MATERIALS AND METHODS The abstracts of presentations at Turkish national radiology congresses between 1995-2002 were reviewed. According to the congress abstract booklets, types of the presentation (oral or poster presentation), as well as body system-based categorization were used. The p...

PURPOSE The use of electronic tools in teaching is growing rapidly in all fields, and there are many options to choose from. We present one such platform, Learning Catalytics™ (LC) (Pearson, New York, NY, USA), which we utilized in our oral and maxillofacial radiology course for second-year dental students. MATERIALS AND METHODS The aim of our study was to assess the correlation between stude...

1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Epidemiology, Shahid Rajaee Cardiovascular Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Advanced Diagnostic and International Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Iran J Radi...

PURPOSE To investigate whether the inclusion of hands-on obstetric ultrasonography (US) experience as a formal part of radiology residency affects performance on the US section of the oral board examination. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic survey was sent to all radiology residency programs to assess (a) the time assigned to US rotation, (b) the inclusion of obstetrics in US rotation, and...

INTRODUCTION Panoramic imaging is a technique for producing a tomographic image of the facial structures, maxillary, mandibular dental arches and their supporting structures [1]. The primary advantage of panoramic imaging is the broad coverage of the facial bones and teeth and the most common demerit is that of the resolution. Image interpretation in an OPG demands a systematic approach and a t...

1 Professor &HOD, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, P.M.N.M Dental College & Hospital, Bagalkot, 587 101, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. 2 Consultant, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, 3 Senior Lecturer, 4 Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chettinad Health City Campus, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu 603103, I...

Authors’ affiliations: Daniel Buser, Department of Oral Surgery, University of Berne, Freiburgstrasse 7, CH30110 Berne, Switzerland Karl Dula, Dental School, University of Berne, Freiburgstrasse 7, CH-30110 Berne, Switzerland Kerstin Gröndahl, Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Radiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, PO Box 459, SE40503 Göteborg, Sweden David Harris, School of D...